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lVILLIAhI II. MARTIN, OF THE NATIONAL MILITARY HOME, LOS ANGELES COUNTY,CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,402, dated January19, 1897.

Application filed April 11, 1896. Serial No. 587,2 i0. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM, H. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the National Military Home, in the county of Los Angeles andState of Oalifornia,have invented a new and useful Oribb-Oounting Devicefor Counting and Registering the Game of Cribbage, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to cribb-counters in which the game is counted byturning a knob in place of moving pegs, as in the usual method ofcounting the game; and the object of my improvement is to show eachcount with a countinghand and an indicator adding the several counts andincreasing the number of points from sixty to seven hundred and twentywith a register, so that any number of points agreed upon may be played.I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a top View showing either side to havecounted fifteen points and the counting-hands turned back to thestarting-point preparatory to counting again; Fig. 2, a top view afterthe removal of the cover or face, one of the knobs, one counting-hand,one register-hand, and one of the wheel-covers exposing the works ofthat section; Fig. 3, a side View; Fig. 4, a side View, partly insection.

The dotted lines 1 2 represent the position occupied by the face; 3 4,that portion of the bottom cut away.

In Fig. 1, M represents the cover or face, having dials N N and O O andindicators P P and R R; E E, the knobs, with countinghands F F.

L L are register-hands; O C, the ratchetwheel covers, having paintedindicators D D. The wheel-covers O O are flush on top with the face Mand turn in the dials N N.

In the exposed section of Fig. 2, A is the ratchet, having a tooth B,that turns a spurwheel K. G, the dog, drives the ratchet A, and movesforward and back from II to II, stop-posts, using but one-half of thecircle in A. 1', the spring-pawl, stops A from turning back and carriesa hammer which strikes the gong J when A is turning forward. A has sixtyratchets, correspondin g in number with the number of points on thedials N N. In the wheel-covered section, 0 represents the ratchet-wheelcover, having a painted indicator D, and is secured to A with threesmall screws at equal distances near the edge E, the knob, with acounting-hand F; K, a spurwheel carrying a register-hand L.

Fig. 3 shows the counting-hands and registor-hands to clear the cover orface.

In Fig. 4 the dotted lines 1 2 represent the space occupied by the faceM; 3 4, that portion of the bottom cut away; X, one of the knob shanks,the lower end turning in a socket U, arranged in the bottom of the .boXS TT, spur-wheel pins, the lower ends turning in sockets U, the same asX, the tip ends carrying register-hands L L. The pins turning in theface M, the knobs E E, the hands F F, and the dogs G G are secured tothe knob-shanks X. In turning forward, E F G X carry with them A B O D.In turning the knob back A B O D stand still. when D has been oncearound, beginning at on the dialN of the face M, the clutch B of theratchet A will turn the spur-Wheel K one notch, the register-hand Lshowing one game or sixty points on the dial 0.

In beginning the game hands and indicators must point central. Thecounting-hand F may be pointed to any number on the dial N from 1? to30, always beginning with 1, the gong J answering the same.

IV hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is

The combination in a cribb-oounter of a double set of ratchet-wheels Aeach having a tooth B spur-wheels K carrying indicators L, actuated bysaid teeth, secured wheel-covers 0 having painted indicators D, knobs Efor operating said covers,stems X carrying counting-indicators F, dogs Gdriving said ratchets A, pawls t' carrying hammers, gon gs J adapted tobe struck by said hammers, all inclosed in a case having a cover M withdials thereon cooperating with indicators D, F and L all substantiallyas described.

I \VILLIAM II. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK ELSER, JOHN STEAT'ION.

